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+ _} <br />• • <br />• DISPOSAL SITE <br />We understand that the disposal site consists of a long <br />shallow trench which is the result of earlier work done at <br />the mine site. ide further understand that sandstone and shales <br />make up the trench and that the area around the disposal site <br />slopes gently to the west. <br />Refuse from the mine will be placed and compacted into <br />the diposal area by large equipment at the site. A 4 foot <br />layer of compacted topsoil caill be placed over the refuse <br />and when completed the filled site will slope approximately <br />62 degrees to the west. <br />LABORATORY TESTING <br />Our laboratory testing of the bulk samples provided for <br />• our use included grain size analysis, Atterberg limits deter- <br />minations and direct shear tests. All testing was performed in <br />accordance with ASTP1 procedures. Soil samples used for grain <br />size analysis tests were allowed to soak in water for a minimum <br />of 24 hours prior to sieving in order to enable any easily <br />weatherable particles to break down prior to testing. After <br />soaking the soil samples, they were first wet sieved through <br />a 200 sieve and then the material retained on the 2n0 sieve <br />was dried and dry sieved to complete the test. <br />The Atterberg limits tests were performed by again first <br />allowing large particles to break down by soaking and then wet <br />washing through the number 40 sieve to obtain the sample for <br />the test as per ASTT7 procedure. <br />• <br />-2- <br />